Balls Pyramid shelf, Other coloniser-dominated, 46 m: Holocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
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Corallinales indet.
Silva and Johansen 1986
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Prionocidaris sp.
Agassiz 1863
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Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | New South Wales |
| Coordinates: | 31.8° South, 159.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.8° South, 159.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 9.965 ± 39 to 9.415 ± 39 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Balls Pyramid | Local bed: | 46 m |
| Local order: | no particular order |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: mid-shelf upper reef | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | core,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 184901 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-03-29 07:53:19 | Last modified: | 2017-03-29 07:53:19 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-06-29 07:53:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62008. | M. Linklater. 2016. Past and present coral distribution at the latitudinal limit of reef development, southwest Pacific Ocean. University of Wollongong Australia [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |